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Title: Pupils hold posters and protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Youth
Description: Pupils at the Grassy Park High School demonstrate yesterday, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16331

Title: Confluences Conference
Subject: Dancers, Congresses and conventions, University of Cape Town. School of Dance
Description: Confluences Conference. Female dancers: [unidentified dancer], Levern Botha, [unidentified dancer], [unidentified dancer]. Male Dancers: [unidentified dancers].
Identifier: islandora:14041

Title: CAP annual report March 1991 to April 1993
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)
Description: Annual report of the Community Arts Project (CAP) for the period March 1991 to April 1993. It was prepared for funders and includes details of the projects, staffing and funding. This was the first major annual report produced after the 1990 financial 'crisis'.
Identifier: islandora:18996

Title: Cedar Preserve
Subject: Leucadendron dubium--Western Cape (South Africa), Proteaceae--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Vegetation monitoring--Western Cape (South Africa), Botanists--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Clanwilliam, Location: Cedar Preserve., Ecology: Leucadendron dubium.
Identifier: islandora:2726

Title: Plot 41/80 [Side of road to Champagne ' 2km before Dragon Peaks Twins (i.e. to east)][135]
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9003

Title: Itala River
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Description: Itala River
Identifier: islandora:9728

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Waterkloof, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., ,
Description: Red, shiny smudges on a rock face.
Identifier: islandora:21573

Title: Oral history interview with Mr B. Risien [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.17a.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 25:05 min. ; interview 17 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24984

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Towerkop Staatsbos 1, Seweweekspoort, Swartberg Mountain range, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting consisting of finger smears in reddish-orange paint.
Identifier: islandora:21577

Title: Riot squad vans arrive at a protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Motorcars, Law enforcement
Description: Riot squad vans arrive in the City at the height of the unrest.
Identifier: islandora:16353

Title: People run out of the way of a smoking canister shot by police, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: People run out of the way of a smoking canister shot by police, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16284

Title: First automated control fire engine, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Emergency management, Water, Fire departments
Description: This R88 000 automated control fire engine, the first to be seen in South African, has won orders worth more than R3-million for suppliers, FMC (Pty) of Stikland. FMC makes smaller machines and plans to make this American-designed one locally as well. Pump priming, rewinding of hose reels and other functions are pushbutton controlled. The vehicle can carry a seven-man crew and 2 800 litres of water. Its top speed: 120 km an hour.
Identifier: islandora:14971

Title: Experimental area
Subject: Vegetation monitoring--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Caledon, Location: Kogelberg Nature Reserve., Ecology: Unknown.
Identifier: islandora:3551

Title: Oral history interview with Ebrahim 'Braima' Lippert [ Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Lippert, Ebrahim
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.120a.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 29:37 min. ; interview 120 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18988

Title: Cultivating the land
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, woman, cultivating, tool, hoe, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Agriculture--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12368

Title: Double-skin hourglass-shaped drum with beater (possibly Hausa)
Subject: Musical instruments--Africa, West, Hausa (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.242.11 Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing, Place of production: Africa, West, Probably Hausa
Identifier: islandora:20631

Title: Transvaal and Orange Free State. Philipstown
Subject: Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Philipstown, Britstown and other towns and villages, roads, railways, stations, rivers, vleis, pans and mountains in the area of Philipstown., Relief shown by form lines., Projection not given., Westernmost longitude co-ordinate estimated., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Copy 893 is torn slightly.
Identifier: islandora:24906

Title: Ugbhu
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.221 Mono-heterochord musical bows with resonator without tuning noose, Height: 150mm (5.9in), Width: 233mm (9.1in), Length: 1124mm, Place of production: Nongoma (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20755

Title: Father with children, Rhodes, South Africa, 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Poor whites--South Africa, Fathers--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A father and his two children, Rhodes, 1980
Identifier: islandora:934

Title: Dock workers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Ships, History, Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), Stevedores
Description: Dock workers, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17972

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